Video Beating Suspects Charged, Former City Hall Worker Charged with Tax Fraud and PSE&G Warns of Scam

Three suspects were charged in the videotaped whipping of a city man over the summer. The man was attacked because his father owed a $20 debt, the attackers were heard saying on the widely seen video.

A city man was charged with sexually assaulting the underage nieces of his girlfriend. Police had begun to investigate after receiving a complaint from a parent.

PSE&G issued a public warning to customers about a payment scam in which callers pretending to be with the utility threaten to shut off the victims’ power unless a payment is made immediately. The scammers appeared to be targeting Hispanic residents.

A 29-year-old Irvington man was shot and killed on Renner Avenue. A second man was wounded in the attack.

A jury convicted an 11-year veteran of the Newark Police Department on assault and other charges. The officer pistol-whipped a civilian as he stood in front of a Bloomfield Avenue restaurant two years ago.

A Bridgewater man reportedly led police on a wild car chase through downtown Newark in rush-hour traffic. The man was arrested after he crashed on I-78. 

A 49-year-old handyman was shot and killed on Elizabeth Avenue.

A former city hall employee who had worked on the election campaign of Mayor Cory Booker was charged with tax fraud and conspiracy. Her husband was also charged.

Marchers closed down a section of South Orange Avenue in protest of the area’s high levels of crime. The protesters were demanding greater police protection.

Two men were arrested after they allegedly set fire to a third man who was trying to break into a vehicle.